Overview
- Previously sealed filings in Roman Abramovich’s two‑year litigation with Jersey are now public after the Royal Court lifted a long‑running privacy order.
- Master of the Court David Michael Cadin ordered the Government of Jersey to pay Abramovich’s costs and described officials’ behavior as “extreme” and “out of the ordinary.”
- Court papers disclose that government data tied to the 2022 inquiry was wrongly deleted after officials failed for more than two years to produce messages and emails his team sought.
- Jersey froze about $7 billion in assets linked to Abramovich in 2022, police later apologized for an illegal search, and the criminal investigation remains open with no charges.
- Abramovich has introduced a conspiracy claim against the government and is preparing further challenges, including to the European Court of Human Rights, while Jersey points to his past statements in the Berezovsky case and Swiss courts released related banking records requested by Jersey.